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Vietnamese textiles firm turns to Uster
Uster/Da Nang - The Vietnamese textiles firm Hoa Tho Textile has recently started using a platform developed by Uster Technologies to monitor production processes. The platform brings together data on fibers, yarns and materials, which helps to guarantee product quality.
European Central Bank to partner with Squirro
Zurich - The European Central Bank intends to deploy a new Artificial Intelligence solution developed by Squirro in order to analyze unstructured data. The start-up based in the Greater Zurich Area also has plans to grow stateside, having agreed a takeover for the US firm open.exchange.
Swiss flies ahead with shark technology
Kloten - Swiss is the first airline in the world to use a new technology for smoother surfaces on its Boeing aircraft that reduces both carbon emissions and fuel consumption. This technique was developed with BASF and Lufthansa.
Researchers optimize use of cable cranes in forestry work
Birmensdorf/Zurich – Newly developed software can be used to optimally calculate the cable roads for overhead cranes in forestry work. The Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich worked together on this development.
Greater Zurich is attractive for high-tech executives
Highly qualified talent in high-tech can have their pick of international locations. The Greater Zurich Area is becoming more and more attractive thanks to leading tech ecosystems and best-in-class infrastructure. In addition, Switzerland’s safety and stability play a crucial role. This is according to the specialist executive search provider Miramar Global, which recently opened a new office in Zurich.
Growth in new businesses strongest in Schwyz and Zug
Zurich - The number of companies operating in Switzerland grew by 3.4 percent year on year in 2021. At 4.7 percent each, the most powerful net growth occurred in the cantons of Schwyz and Zug. The largest number of new entries in the Commercial Register occurred in the cantons of Zurich and Vaud.
USD 17 million secured by 9T Labs
Zurich - In its latest funding round, 9T Labs has successfully raised USD 17 million. Along the investors were companies from Belgium, Switzerland and the USA. They were impressed by the additive fusion solution of 9T Labs for the manufacture of carbon composite materials.
VirtaMed developing simulator training for surgery robots
Schlieren - VirtaMed from the Greater Zurich Area has agreed a partnership with Memic, a medtech firm that specializes in surgery robots. Hominis Surgical System is the first surgical robot with humanoid-shaped arms.
ABB enabling high-quality imaging in outer space
Zurich/Vancouver - ABB is to supply imaging systems valued at more than 30 million US dollars to the Canadian data and analytics company EarthDaily Analytics. This should increase the quality of images of our planet captured by satellites. An analytics system on the basis of Artificial Intelligence will search through the images captured for signs of change in the Earth’s environment and ecosystems.
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